Case Studies

A trailblazing new community-led initiative has just launched in the Rhondda Valley that aims to recycle, recreate, and retail single-use plastics. Social enterprise, Soaring Supersaurus based in Penrhys, but working across the valleys, aims to create a currency for recycled plastic within the local community. Soaring Supersaurus collects and reuses local plastic waste to generate…

Just under a year ago we awarded a Micro Fund to Gilgal Coffee and Breakfast club. They were the 1st organisation in the Upper Afan Valley to establish a Food Bank and when the pandemic restrictions started to lift, they recognised people in community needed somewhere safe to come and have a chat and get…

PyC funded them with Vision Fund grant of £26,000 back in November 2021. They had secured various pots of match funding, but it was an RCT asset transfer and proceed took a lot longer than anticipated and encountered many changes to budget and plan. They kept in touch with us throughout and when they had…

Dan y Coed Community association – £4,798.30 C&S Academy Judo – £3,475.15   In March 2022, the committee of Dan y Coed Community Centre in Tonmawr approached the fund to help them put on some community events and run some pilot classes. The aim was to get community back together and see what activities could…

Established in 1931, to help achieve their development vision, they approached Pen y Cymoedd to help employ a Director of Golf and Golf Support Officer for three years and we were thrilled to be able to support them with funding of £110,000. “Glynneath Golf Club has been a part of the Glynneath and Surrounding Community…

Truly a club at the heart of their community, the Community Transformation Project included new pitch side and perimeter fencing to enclose the playing area, re-surfacing of car park, refurbishing the changing rooms and providing additional changing room and shower facilities for girls and ladies teams. This was an ambitious project with their own and…